After reading a comment from the last post, I remember many days when I battled with scheduling.
How do you handle scheduling for the day?
I have loaded a sample chart that I worked up one day. Click on the chart to enlarge.
Keep in mind the following notations when reading the chart.
*This year I instructed two students one-on-one, and the older student used the DVD instructional program (I met with this student in the afternoons for feedback, grading of papers, mentoring, etc. when I finished with the younger two).
*The red font will be when I am in the room with the student for instruction.
* Remember that periodically a break time needs to be worked in after 1:30. Possibly we can go outside for a break or some form of physical exercise.
Scheduling was always a difficult task! I would start with a morning routine (going over the calendar, geography songs, etc.) and lead into Bible time with all the kids. Then we would split like you did for individual instruction on Reading, Phonics, Math, and Language. The way you do that would probably depend on what type of curriculum you use (one can work on a worksheet while another has instruction). For Science, Social Studies, Art, and Music, we created our own lessons using the standards for every grade and combined a little bit of everything. We used picture and chapter books, internet resources, etc. to teach the topics. We typically did those subjects after lunch. In my opinion, it was always better to do the topics that we wanted them to focus the most on before lunch. I don't know if that helps?! Stacey
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